Originally Posted by
NERD
Again, where do you work? Reality is that the FAA sets the standard we must pass. It is up to the training/checking dept to enforce that standard. In my 18 years with my company, I flew with only 2-3 Capts that should not have been there. In your world, how would pay and benefits work? Each pilot on individual contracts based on what they negotiate? Outside of startups and some Asian airlines, how does the rest of the world work in aviation? IE: the KLMs, British airways, AF, Japan airlines, Quantas etc. How is hiring off the street pilots onto the list going to guarantee the best pilots? Just because someone has Boeing time doesn't mean they will be the best pilot/employee. What standard will they be held to? My guess is the current FAA standard?
I haven't been a first officer in almost 20 years so I don't fly with too many captains any more. But I hear plenty of stories and I recall how it was back then.
As far as my skills, I'm not afraid to compete in an open market, you can be the judge. Although I never would expect exceptional flying skills to have much of role in a free market anyway...unless you've done something exception like ditch in a river somewhere and save a bunch of lives. Only credit for experience. Although I would like to see captain qualifications, training and testing standards for captains increased a bit, especially at the regionals.
I haven't flown for a regional airline in over 20 years but I recall it very well. I see what is happening today as a cancer spreading slowly to the top. I see my pay is lower than what I would have earned in my position in the past after adjusting for inflation. As is all of yours.
I used to blindly trust the system just like you. I have, however, felt shackled for a long time and have really only recently realized the incredible inefficiencies of our system and how it has been carefully crafted over time to work against us as pilots.
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Originally Posted by
NERD
Bingo!!!!!
GogglesPisano doesn't even deserve a response because he posted almost the exact same stuff to me in a previous thread of similar topic and is only trolling. He clearly thinks he's smart by comparing my opinions to President Hoover's anti-socialist agenda...which I still take as a compliment...thank you G.
I do firmly believe that seniority systems are the worst kind of socialized labor and only serve to encourage mediocrity. And I'm not even a hard line conservative...I'm not against unions done right.
reference thread:
81579-these-ceos-may-have-point